JPH1079058A - Automatic ticket machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce a cost compared with a conventional device by making it possible to display information to a customer and information to a maintenance and adjusting operator by means of one display. SOLUTION: A display 1 is supported by a supporting member provided inside of the housing of an automatic ticket machine by setting a projection part formed at the display 1 to be an axis to be capable of freely rotatable. Then at the time of selling a ticket, the display 1 is positioned to allow its displaying surface to face a purchasing person through a display window 3 to display information on a thrown-in amount, change, etc., but at the time of adjusting, the display 1 is rotated to a position where an adjusting person operating from the back of the automatic ticket machine sees the displaying surface, to display adjusting items, adjusting result, etc.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic ticket vending machine for issuing and selling various tickets such as train tickets.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 2 shows an example of a front panel of a conventional automatic ticket vending machine. FIG. 2 is a front view showing an example of a front panel of an automatic ticket vending machine that sells tickets such as trains. In this figure, reference numeral 10 denotes a coin slot into which coins are inserted, and 11 denotes a bill slot into which bills are inserted. Reference numeral 12 denotes a card slot into which a prepaid card (hereinafter simply referred to as a card) purchased in advance with a predetermined amount is inserted.

[0003] Reference numeral 13 denotes a plurality of purchase instruction buttons. According to the amount of money inserted into any of the coin insertion slot 10, the bill insertion slot 11, and the card insertion slot 12, the purchase instruction buttons are provided. All possible fare tickets are displayed. Further, the purchaser presses a purchase instruction button displaying the fare of the desired destination among the purchase instruction buttons displaying the fare, whereby the ticket is issued. Reference numeral 14 denotes a ticket / change change outlet from which the ticket and change are released, from which the purchaser takes out the purchased ticket and change.

[0004] Reference numeral 15 denotes a child ticket purchase button that is pressed when purchasing a child ticket, 16 denotes an evacuation button that is pressed when the purchaser performs an erroneous operation, and 17 is pressed when the previous operation is canceled. Is a call-out button for the purchaser to call a clerk when the operation is not understood or becomes inoperable. Reference numeral 18 denotes a customer display for displaying the amount of money entered by the purchaser, the fare and change of the purchased ticket, and displaying characters such as "cancel sale" when it becomes impossible to sell the ticket in this automatic ticket vending machine. It is.

[0005]

When performing the above-mentioned maintenance and adjustment of the automatic ticket vending machine (hereinafter collectively referred to as maintenance work), generally, an operator opens a rear panel and looks at the rear of the automatic ticket vending machine. I was working. Further, in the automatic ticket vending machine as described above, a maintenance work indicator for displaying information such as maintenance contents and a result of adjustment accompanying the maintenance work is provided in the housing separately from the customer display 18. Therefore, the maintenance worker performs the maintenance work while watching the information displayed on the maintenance work display. As described above, the conventional automatic ticket vending machine requires two displays, a display for customer and a display for maintenance work, so that the cost is high.

[0006] The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and by enabling information display to a customer and information display to a maintenance worker with a single display, the cost is lower than in the past. It is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic ticket vending machine.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an automatic ticket vending machine for issuing and selling various tickets, wherein information such as an inserted amount and change is output at the time of selling the ticket. During the maintenance work, information output control means for outputting information such as maintenance contents and adjustment results accompanying the maintenance work; display means for displaying information output from the information output control means; and Supporting means for supporting the display means so that the direction of the display surface of the display means can be changed for the operator and for the operator during the maintenance and inspection.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the automatic ticket vending machine according to the first aspect, the display means has a display surface provided along a vertical direction, and one end of the display means in the horizontal direction. The display means has two projections formed on the same vertical axis at an upper portion and a lower portion thereof, and the support means rotates the two projections about the two projections as a rotation axis. It is characterized by being freely supported. Further, a hinge may be used for the rotating portion to have a similar function.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the automatic ticket vending machine according to the first or second aspect, there is provided a detecting means for detecting a rotational position of the projection, and the information output control means comprises:
If it is detected that the display surface of the display means is directed toward the purchaser based on the rotation position detected by the detection means, information such as a deposit amount and change is output, and When it is detected that the user is directed to the user, information such as the contents of the maintenance and an adjustment result accompanying the maintenance work is output.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the automatic ticket vending machine according to the third aspect, the display surface of the display means is directed toward the worker based on the rotational position detected by the detection means. Operation control means for invalidating the purchase operation by the purchaser of the ticket when it is detected that the purchase operation has been performed.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a part of the automatic ticket vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, including a display device. In particular, around the display device, the inside of the housing of the automatic ticket vending machine is seen through. It is illustrated. In this figure, parts corresponding to the respective parts in FIG. 2 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a display such as a plasma or a liquid crystal, which displays information such as characters and numerals output from a control unit (not shown). In addition, the display 1 has, at one end in the longitudinal direction, projections 2 and 2 formed on the same vertical axis at an upper portion and a lower portion, respectively.
This is supported by a support member (not shown) provided in the housing of the automatic ticket vending machine so as to be rotatable in the direction of the arrow in the figure. Further, a rotation position detection mechanism (not shown) of a well-known technique is attached near the above-mentioned support member, and detects each rotation position of the projections 2 and 2 during normal operation and maintenance work. Reference numeral 3 denotes a display window provided on a front panel of the automatic ticket vending machine, in which a transparent plate or the like is fitted to protect the display surface of the display 1.

In the automatic ticket vending machine shown in FIG. 1, when a ticket is sold, the display 1 is at the position shown by the dotted line in the figure, and the display surface of the display 1 is visible to the purchaser through the display window 3. . Further, the rotation position of the protrusion 2 at the time of selling the ticket is detected by the rotation position detection mechanism described above. Accordingly, the control unit detects that the display 1 is at a position visible to the purchaser, and displays information such as the amount of money inserted, the price of the purchased ticket, change, and the like on the display 1. When it becomes impossible to sell a ticket in an automatic ticket vending machine, or when a change in tickets is run out, information for notifying that fact is output, and the display 1 displays the information.

At the time of maintenance work or the like, a maintenance worker opens the rear panel of the automatic ticket vending machine and displays the display 1 in FIG.
When rotated to the position shown by the solid line, the above-described control unit detects that the indicator 1 is directed to the maintenance worker from the rotation position of the protrusion 2 detected by the rotation position detection mechanism. . As a result, the control unit outputs information such as maintenance contents and adjustment results associated with the maintenance work to the display 1 and causes the display 1 to display the information. Therefore, the maintenance worker can see the information necessary for the maintenance work displayed on the display 1 from the back of the automatic ticket vending machine.

At this time, the control unit invalidates the operation from the front panel of the vending machine. That is, during maintenance work, the bill insertion slot 11 or the card insertion slot 12
Even if bills or prepaid cards are inserted, they are not taken in. Also, even if a coin is inserted into the shutter of the coin insertion slot 10 or a coin is inserted, it is discharged to the ticket / change exit 14 as it is. Thus, the automatic ticket vending machine does not accidentally operate during the maintenance work.

As described above, in the automatic ticket vending machine according to the present embodiment, the display 1 is rotatably supported inside the automatic ticket vending machine, and information to be displayed is automatically switched according to the position of the display 1. The information required at the time of ticket sales and maintenance work can be displayed on a single display. Thus, there is no need to provide separate indicators for the customer and the maintenance worker as in the related art.

[0017]

As described above, claim 1 or claim 2
According to the invention described in (1), information necessary at the time of ticket sales and maintenance work can be displayed to the purchaser and the maintenance worker by one display means, respectively. It is not necessary to provide separate indicators for the customer and the maintenance worker, so that the cost of the automatic ticket vending machine can be reduced.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the information to be displayed to the purchaser and the information to be displayed to the maintenance worker are appropriately switched according to the orientation of the display surface of the display means. Therefore, switching the information to be displayed,
This eliminates the need to perform each operation by hand, thereby improving operability.

Further, according to the fourth aspect of the present invention,
Since the purchase operation by the purchaser is invalidated during the maintenance work, the automatic ticket vending machine starts issuing and selling operation during the maintenance work, so that the maintenance work is not hindered.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a partial appearance of an automatic ticket vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing an example of a front panel of the automatic ticket vending machine.

[Description of Signs] 1 Display 2 Projection 3 Display window

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An automatic ticket vending machine that issues and sells various types of tickets, wherein information such as an inserted amount and change is output at the time of selling the ticket, and at the time of maintenance work of the automatic ticket vending machine, maintenance contents and adjustments accompanying the maintenance work are performed. Information output control means for outputting information such as a result; display means for displaying information output from the information output control means; to a ticket purchaser at the time of selling the ticket; An automatic ticket vending machine comprising: support means for supporting the display means so that the direction of the display surface of the display means can be changed with respect to a person. 2. The display means has a display surface provided in a vertical direction, and is formed on one vertical end of the display means on the same vertical axis at an upper part and a lower part of the display means. And the support means includes the two protrusions as a rotation axis.
2. The automatic ticket vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the two projections are rotatably supported. 3. A detecting means for detecting a rotation position of the protrusion, wherein the information output control means sets a display surface of the display means to the purchaser based on the rotation position detected by the detection means. If it is detected that it is directed to the worker, information such as the input amount and change is output, and if it is detected that it is directed to the worker, the maintenance contents and the maintenance work are performed. 3. The automatic ticket vending machine according to claim 1, wherein information such as an adjustment result is output. 4. When it is detected based on the rotation position detected by the detection means that the display surface of the display means is directed to the worker, the purchase operation by the ticket purchaser is performed. 4. The automatic ticket vending machine according to claim 3, further comprising operation control means for invalidating the automatic ticket vending machine.